Engaging with the reader in research articles in English: Variation across disciplines and linguacultural backgrounds

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14410%2F21%3A00118987" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14410/21:00118987 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.muni.cz/science/article/pii/S0889490621000120?via%3Dihub" target="_blank" >https://www-sciencedirect-com.ezproxy.muni.cz/science/article/pii/S0889490621000120?via%3Dihub</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esp.2021.02.003" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.esp.2021.02.003</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Engaging with the reader in research articles in English: Variation across disciplines and linguacultural backgrounds

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article studies engagement in English-medium research articles across two disciplines, linguistics and economics, and two linguacultural backgrounds, Anglophone and Czech, in order to explore how disciplinary and linguacultural considerations affect the choice, frequency and distribution of engagement markers in the construal of persuasive academic discourse. The contrastive analysis applying Hyland &amp; Jiang’s (2016) modified model of engagement is carried on a corpus of 60 refereed research articles published in international and local academic journals within these disciplines and linguacultural backgrounds. The findings indicate the existence of cross-disciplinary variation as linguistics research articles employ significantly more engagement features than economics research articles. Moreover, linguistics research articles show a preference for proximity engagement markers aiming at enhancing disciplinary solidarity, while economics research articles tend to prioritize positioning engagement features directing readers towards intended understandings and anticipating alternative interpretations. Intercultural variation, which is less significant and affects the frequency of use and choice of specific engagement markers, reflects divergences in linguacultural conventions, target audiences and contexts of publication. These results indicate the potential of this doubly contrastive approach to contribute towards an understanding of rhetorical choices in academic discourse. The study can have important pedagogic applications in the training of academic writers.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Engaging with the reader in research articles in English: Variation across disciplines and linguacultural backgrounds

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article studies engagement in English-medium research articles across two disciplines, linguistics and economics, and two linguacultural backgrounds, Anglophone and Czech, in order to explore how disciplinary and linguacultural considerations affect the choice, frequency and distribution of engagement markers in the construal of persuasive academic discourse. The contrastive analysis applying Hyland &amp; Jiang’s (2016) modified model of engagement is carried on a corpus of 60 refereed research articles published in international and local academic journals within these disciplines and linguacultural backgrounds. The findings indicate the existence of cross-disciplinary variation as linguistics research articles employ significantly more engagement features than economics research articles. Moreover, linguistics research articles show a preference for proximity engagement markers aiming at enhancing disciplinary solidarity, while economics research articles tend to prioritize positioning engagement features directing readers towards intended understandings and anticipating alternative interpretations. Intercultural variation, which is less significant and affects the frequency of use and choice of specific engagement markers, reflects divergences in linguacultural conventions, target audiences and contexts of publication. These results indicate the potential of this doubly contrastive approach to contribute towards an understanding of rhetorical choices in academic discourse. The study can have important pedagogic applications in the training of academic writers.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA17-16195S" target="_blank" >GA17-16195S: Persvaze v anglickém a českém specializovaném diskurzu</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2021

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

English for Specific Purposes

ISSN

0889-4906

e-ISSN

1873-1937

Svazek periodika

63

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

July 2021

Stát vydavatele periodika

NL - Nizozemsko

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

18-32

Kód UT WoS článku

000659173400002

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85102778271